Car end plate.



J. H. WBISBROD.

OAR END PLATE.

APPLIOATION 311.111) 8221?. so. 1914.

' Patented- Dec. 29, 1914.

WITNESSES /4%/ 6 Ki) mm mm. um. um: Aluminum, 0. I: 1

JACOB H. =WEISBROD, OF STILOU IS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF S'l. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A. CORPORA'LION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914;.

Application filed September 30, 1914. Serial No. 864,296.

citizen of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Car End Plates, of which the following isa full, clear,-and'exactdescription, suchas. will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and-to use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferredform of the invention, though it is to' be understood that the invention is not limited to the eXact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof will occur to persons skilled in the art.

. In said drawings: Figure 1 is an end elev vation of the upper portion I of a railway car, andillustrates the incor oration therein of lily-improved end plate. 1g. 2 .1s a hor1- Zontal section taken on line 2 2 ofFig. 1,

looking'in the direction of the arrows,'and shows approximately one-half of the end plate in inverted plan. Fig. '3 is a'fragmentary side elevation of an upper corner of the car structure shown .in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary central longitudinal section of the end' portion of the-car structure, being taken on-lineiP-iof Fig. 1.

. My present invention relates to end plates forming parts of the super-structure framin bf -railway-ears, and an object to pro -,vi e an end plateso formedethat 1t Wlll be adapted to afl'ord'a support for certain roofframe members and roof-sheet nailing strips, and be-arranged to confine the posts of a car end frame, and possess suitable means for attachment to saidposts;

Another object is to so shape the end plate thatit will conform to the pitch of the roof and be adapted to embrace the aforementioned nailing stripsand to contact with the, externalfaces of the end and corner posts of a car'end frame, irrespective of the disposition of such faces, and also bear a usual relation to the end sheathing.

' Other advantages not'enumerated, but becoming apparent from the followingi'dis- 'closure, are obviouslyapart of the present invention, and are to be regarded as coming Within its scope.

Referring-to the drawings, '1 indicates the! web of a channel-shaped end plate, preferand shown as extending from oneside to the other of the car and having preferably an antichnal upper edge, though the latter may be arched or be otherwise shaped, said upper edge being outlined by an outwa'rdly'projecting paralleling upper flange 2, which is relatively narrow and of substantially uniform width throughout its length. 1 I

Usually the outstanding lower flange 3 of the endplate is in general wider than the upper flange 2, and said width is regulated in accordance with the characteristics of the our end framing. When the several end posts 4 of the car endframing, here represented as Z,-bars, are of different crosssectional dimensions and are so arranged that with the angle corner posts 5 the inner 3 is'providedwith an integral depending apron lybent downwardly from said lower flange-andlyiiig in a pathparallel to the contour of. the outer edge thereof. Said apron 7 confines the upper extremities of the end and corner posts 4 and 5-respectively, and constitutes. a vmeans of attachment thereto, flanges of said posts being adapted to be engaged by the apron, which-is riveted 'or otherwise secured to said flanges.

In paralleling the directions of tapering of lower flange 3, the apron 7, coincidentally with the terminals of flange 3, 'merge with the web 1 of the end plate,.preferabl y near a the opposite ends thereof, and said apron gradually increases in vertical width from the center of the'end plate also to the ends thereof.- As a result of theconvergence of rtheends of the lower flange 3 and the apron 7 to the plane-of the vertical web 1 and the increased verticalwidth. of the apron extremities, very substantial .end'attachment edges 8 for connection to the corner posts orare, given to the end plate, the. riveting areas being mat eri'ally'increased.

- Iheangle formed by the-under surface of upper flange 2 and the outer face of web 5 ably pressed from a single sheet of metal 1- is adapted to receive the nai1ingstrips-9,

the outwardly presented.

- 1, on the inner face thereof, are brackets 10 for supporting the end portions of the ridge pole 11 and purlins 12 of the roof frame of the car. Said brackets are shown as comprising short lengths of commercial angles, but it is clear that chairs and hangers of various types may be substituted, and that where the root members are constructed of steel, gussets, connection plates or the like,'may replace the angles shown in the drawings, and equally well perform the same functions.

. In Fig. a roof sheet is shown in dot and dash lines "at 1%, and the manner in which it is related to the mailing; strips 9 is clearly indicated in said figure. While the side plates 18, represented as'Z-bars, are shown as being directly secured to the corner posts 5, they are not restricted to this form, and in some arrangements the end plate may be further flanged and secured to the side plates.

It is apparent that I have devised an end plate of simple form that may easily be constructed from a single piece of material by a simple method, as by pressing it into its final shape. That the cost of production may be kept low is evident, while the contour derived permits of the end plate serving its ordinary and special purposes, as hereinbeforeset forth.

'What I claim is:

1. An end plate for cars having a channel-shaped cross-section and comprising a web portion, an upper flange of substantially uniform width, a lower flange and an apron depending therefrom.

2. An end plate for cars having a chain nel-shaped cross section and comprising a web portion, a flange paralleling the upper edge thereof, a lower flange tapering from its central portion toward its ends and an apron depending from said lower flange,

both said lower flange and apron merging with said web portion. Y

3. An end plate for cars having a channel-shaped cross sectiouand comprising a meat-tee 'ilange tapering from its central portion to ward. its ends, an apron depending from said lower flange, both said lower flange and apron merging with said web portion, and portions for attachment to corner posts of a car frame.

41-. An end plate for cars having a channel-shaped cross section and comprising a web portion, a flange of uniform width paralleling the upper edge thereof, a lower .I'iange tapering from its center toward its, ends, an apron depending from said lower flange and increasing in. width from its central portion toward its ends, both said lower flange and apron merging with said web portion.

5. An end plate'for cars comprising a web portion, outstanding upper and lower flanges, the latter tapering toward its opposite ends and being provided with a depending apron increasing in width as it progressesoutwardly, both said lower flange and apron merging with said web portion, and the end portions of'said lower flange being deflected to be spaced from and parallel to said upper flange.

6. An end plate for cars having a channel-shaped cross section and comprising a web portion and an upper flange arranged to receive nailing strips, a lower flange adapted to extend over the end posts of a car end frame, and an apron depending from said lower flange adapted to be connected to said end posts and to corner posts, said lower flange and apron merging with said web portionand being shaped to cause the apron to contact with and lap all of said posts.

7. An end plate for cars comprising a web portion and an upper flange arranged to receive nailing strips, roof member-supporting devices secured to said web portion, a lower flange adapted to extend over car frame end posts having outer faces in dif-' ferent' planes, and an apron depending from said lower flange increasing in width from its central portion toward its opposite ends and adapted to contact with the. outer faces of said end posts and with corner posts, said lower flange and apron merging with the end portions of said web to lie in the same plane therewith.

in witness whereof .i have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB H. VVEISBROD, l l 'itnesses Oscan Hoonnnne, RODNEY Banana.

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